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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • jeffpeters11@yahoo.com.my (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?Mr=20Jeff=20Peters?= <jeffpeters11@yahoo.com.my>
Reply-To: jeff_peters@walla.com
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 12:59:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: REPLY ASAP


Saya ada alamat e-mel baru!Sekarang anda boleh kirimkan saya e-mel di: jeffpeters11@yahoo.com.my

MR JEFF PETERS[LLB[HONS]BL]

BARRISTER & SOLICITOR CHAMBERS:

JEFF PETERS& CO SOLICITOR

ADVOCATES/CORPORATE CONSULTANTS

80, MOBOLAJI BANK ANTHONY WAY,

BESIDE IKEJA PLAZA,

P.O.BOX 231567

IKEJA, LAGOS





Dear friend,




I am Barrister JEFF PETERS a solicitor at Law. I am the

personal attorney to Alkalid Alfares,a Kuwait national who

used to work with Shell-Petroleum Development Company

(SPDC)in Port Harcourt. Herein after shall be referred to as

my client. On the 11th of March 1998, my client, his wife

and their 2 children were involved in a car accident while

on a picnic along Port Harcourt express road.


All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their

lives.Since then I have made several enquires to Kuwait

embassy to locate any of my client's extended relatives,

this has also proved abortive. After these several unsuccessful

attempts to locate any member of his family,hence I contacted you.



I behind by my client before they got confiscated or declared

unserviceable by the bank where this fund was deposited.

Now, the finance institution where the deceased had the

account value of USD25M, has issued me a notice to provide

the NEXT OF KIN or have the account terminated within the

next 3 months as banks here are passing through bank reforms.





I now seek your consent to present you as the NEXT OF KIN to

the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued

at USD25M can be paid to you and you and I can share the

money in percentage as agreed upon by both of us.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to

back up any claim we will make. All I require is your

honesty and co-operation to enable us conclude the transfer.


I guarantee that this will be done under a legitimate

arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the

law. Alternative email address:jeff_peters@walla.com


Sincerely yours,


Jeff Peters Esq

- Mr Jeff Peters

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